I am Hiroshi Tanaka, and I have followed baseball across two leagues for as long as I can remember. The NPB taught me patience and respect for pitching craft, while the MLB taught me how power, ballpark, and bullpen depth reshape totals across a 162-game season. Both leagues reward bettors who slow down and read the matchup carefully.
The starting pitcher is always the first thing I study. Recent form matters more than season ERA, especially in the second half of a season when fatigue and hidden injuries start to show. I look at how a pitcher attacks left-handed and right-handed hitters differently, and whether the opposing lineup actually has the splits to punish or struggle against him.
Ballpark factor is the second piece. Coors Field is not Petco Park, the dome in Tokyo is not Hiroshima, and these things actually move totals when you pair them with the right pitching matchup. Wind direction, temperature, and bullpen rest after long extra-inning games quietly turn an over into an under and back again.
At FixedCorrectScores, I write baseball previews for readers who want patience and detail rather than gut takes. My job is to break the matchup down to its core — pitching, park, splits, bullpen — and give you a betting angle that respects how the sport actually plays out.
